From Mystery to Romance to Space Opera: Genre-Hopping and the Ties that Bind


Hello All, 

If you're familiar with our work, you'll know the first novels we published formed a series called "The Perils of a Reluctant Psychic" Those three books (The Gift of the Twin Houses, Secrets of Innocence, and Jackal in the Mirror) fall into the romance, mystery, and paranormal genres of fiction. Our most recent book (Ascension: Kelahya Unbound) is a space opera. What's it like writing in completely different genres? Do we change the style, or how we write? Is there something that links our stories together regardless of genre?

We're so glad you asked.  :)

The styles of the novels are quite different. In "The Perils of a Reluctant Psychic" series, we wrote with a gentle rhythm that follows the heroine's journey as she comes to terms with her paranormal abilities, and interacts with ghosts, who share their own story with her in their own style. 

Ascension, on the other hand, utilized a fast, aggressive rhythm due to the heroine's rush for answers with the looming threat of a mental breakdown and dissociation. As the New York Jets say on Hard Knocks, "All Gas. No Brakes."

Our upcoming novel will have a different pace and tone as well. More on that later.

But no matter the style of writing or the genre of the novel, our stories have a common thread of solving mysteries. All of our main characters have to face their demons and grow from an experience as they unravel a life-changing mystery. 

We love mysteries!

Thanks for reading, and we'll be back next week. As a reminder, you can follow us on X (that feels weird) @2authors, and on FB https://www.facebook.com/2authors. Instagram will be live next week. 

Cheers,

~2authors

*image from Pamela Morris Books

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